The Teaching and Learning Centre is offering an ongoing MicroCourse series of workshops (essential Blackboard tools for online courses), with synchronous sessions for each MicroCourse scheduled weekly.
Upcoming Schedule:
MicroCourse 1 — Course Organization — Tues, Oct 6 at 11 am
MicroCourse 2 — Adapting Instruction — TBA
MicroCourse 3 — Assessments — Thurs, Oct 1 at 2 pm
MicroCourse 4 — Discussion Forum — Wed, Sept 30 at 11 am
MicroCourse 5 — Course Video — Thurs, Oct 8 at 11 am
MicroCourse 6 — Synchronous Sessions — Thurs, Oct 1 at 10 am
MicroCourse 7 — Inclusivity Online — Thurs, Oct 29 at 2 pm
MicroCourse 8 — Managing Your Online Course — Mon, Oct 19 at 11 am
The primary objective of these MicroCourses is the pedagogy behind the tools and how they can be used to:
- achieve learning objectives
- promote student engagement
- collaborate among peers and instructors
- creative easy-to-navigate course design
- assess student learning
- offer support to students
- create an online learning community.
Each course consists of:
- a one-hour scheduled synchronous session
- an additional Blackboard course
- a one-hour asynchronous activity/reading/resource.
Here is a link to the workshops and their descriptions: http://events.ufv.ca/tlc/. Sessions are open to all UFV employees.
If you have any problems registering, please contact asktlc@ufv.ca or phone 604-504-7441 ext 4546
For more information, contact Leah Lyon at tlcevents@ufv.ca
10/02/2020